산업용 센서 시장 : 시장 점유율 분석, 업계 동향 및 통계, 성장 예측(2026-2031년)

According to Mordor Intelligence, the industrial sensors market size is projected to be USD 27.39 billion in 2025, USD 30.01 billion in 2026, and reach USD 47.35 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 9.55% from 2026 to 2031.

This report is Segmented by Sensor Type (Flow, Pressure, Proximity/Area, Level, and More), End-User Industry (Chemical and Petrochemicals, Mining and Metals, Power and Energy, and More), Technology (Wired/Analog, Wired/Digital Smart, Wireless, and More), Communication Protocol (Fieldbus, Industrial Ethernet, and More), and Geography. The Market Forecasts are Provided in Terms of Value (USD).

Global Industrial Sensors Market Trends and Insights

Industry 4.0 And IIoT Adoption Surge

Private-5G networks, OPC UA interoperability, and the IEC 63278-1 digital-twin standard are dissolving legacy data islands, letting factories stream sensor telemetry into unified analytics stacks. Siemens recorded an 18% uptick in Xcelerator subscriptions during 2024 as firms phased out standalone SCADA deployments in favor of cloud-native platforms that scale across multi-plant footprints. The shift from deterministic control loops to probabilistic inference allows early fault prediction, typically 7-14 days ahead, slashing emergency downtime. Still, small and medium manufacturers in ASEAN report capability gaps, with only 22% having in-house IIoT skills, which is driving turnkey "sensor-in-a-box" offerings.

Predictive-Maintenance And Remote-Monitoring Demand

Unplanned downtime costs G7 factories roughly USD 50 billion each year, prompting aggressive deployment of vibration, temperature, and acoustic sensors able to flag anomalies minutes after they appear. In pharmaceuticals, 68% of plants integrated predictive-maintenance sensors in 2024, up from 41% in 2022, delivering median productivity gains of 32%. Platforms such as Honeywell Forge grew connected assets by 23% in 2024 as remote technicians used augmented-reality headsets and live dashboards to troubleshoot equipment without traveling. Dragos, however, notes that 34% of 2024 ransomware incidents exploited vulnerable remote-access gateways, keeping cybersecurity front-of-mind.

High CAPEX And Integration Complexity

Total project costs extend well beyond sensor hardware to gateways, field infrastructure, middleware licenses, and system-integration labor. Even with Rockwell's auto-generated control code, a typical greenfield smart factory still demands 18-24 months and up to USD 1.3 billion, discouraging small and medium enterprises. Protocol heterogeneity inflates engineering hours, prompting higher uptake of vendor platforms such as Schneider's EcoStruxure that abstract multiple networks behind a single API.

Other drivers and restraints analyzed in the detailed report include:

1. Robot-Centric Smart-Factory Expansion
2. Rising Compliance With Net-Zero and Energy-Efficiency Mandates
3. Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities of Networked Sensors

For complete list of drivers and restraints, kindly check the Table Of Contents.

Segment Analysis

Image and vision sensors are advancing at a 10.34% CAGR through 2031. The industrial sensors market size for this category was bolstered in 2025 by quality-inspection lines replacing human operators with convolutional networks that sustain line speeds above 1,000 parts per minute. Sony's 24.5-megapixel global-shutter CMOS chips, launched in 2024, give inspection systems the resolution needed to catch microscopic defects. Cognex reported that 37% of surveyed manufacturers intend to expand vision deployments within two years, citing accelerating zero-defect mandates.

Pressure sensors retained a 24.73% industrial sensors market share in 2025 thanks to their entrenched role in process-control loops across chemicals and petrochemicals. However, revenue growth is slowing as saturation in mature plants caps fresh installations. Flow meters built on Coriolis and ultrasonic principles are penetrating custody-transfer metering, edging out turbine designs. Proximity and area sensors ride the robotization wave, serving as safety interlocks and workpiece detectors, while specialized vibration and gas-leak sensors command premium price points in niche risk-mitigation roles.

The life sciences and pharmaceuticals segment is projected to record a 10.11% CAGR through 2031, the top growth trajectory among verticals. Process-analytical-technology sensors are essential for continuous manufacturing lines endorsed by the FDA's Emerging Technology Program. ISPE survey data show that predictive-maintenance adoption jumped to 68% in 2024, reflecting zero-tolerance for unplanned outages.

Power and energy, while slower growing, still represented 23.72% of 2025 revenue as grid-modernization efforts embed phasor measurement units synchronized via GPS under IEEE C37.118 to stabilize renewable intermittency. Chemical plants, metals operations, and food manufacturers remain sensor-dense due to safety, traceability, and yield-control requirements, whereas aerospace, water treatment, and mining continue to procure ruggedized transducers that survive extreme environments.

Complete Report Scope:

• By Sensor Type
  • Flow
  • Pressure
  • Proximity / Area
  • Level
  • Temperature
  • Image / Vision
  • Photo-electric
  • Other Sensor Types
• By End-user Industry
  • Chemical and Petrochemicals
  • Mining and Metals
  • Power and Energy
  • Food and Beverage
  • Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals
  • Aerospace and Defense
  • Water and Waste-water
  • Other End-user Industries
• By Technology
  • Wired / Analog
  • Wired / Digital (Smart)
  • Wireless
  • Edge-AI / Virtual Sensors
• By Communication Protocol
  • Fieldbus (PROFIBUS, Modbus)
  • Industrial Ethernet (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT)
  • IO-Link
  • Wireless ICPs (Wi-Sun, 6LoWPAN, BLE-Mesh)
• By Geography
  • North America
    • United States
    • Canada
    • Mexico
  • South America
    • Brazil
    • Argentina
    • Rest of South America
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Italy
    • Spain
    • Rest of Europe
  • Asia-Pacific
    • China
    • Japan
    • India
    • South Korea
    • ASEAN
    • Rest of Asia-Pacific
  • Middle East and Africa
    • Middle East
      • Saudi Arabia
      • United Arab Emirates
      • Rest of Middle East
    • Africa
      • South Africa
      • Nigeria
      • Rest of Africa

Geography Analysis

North America controlled 38.73% of 2025 revenue, lifted by decades of PROFINET and EtherNet/IP deployments in automotive and aerospace. The CHIPS and Science Act is catalyzing domestic analog-sensor fabrication in Arizona and Texas, which shortens lead times and mitigates geopolitical risk. Utilities such as Duke Energy earmarked USD 8 billion in 2024 for PMUs and smart meters, reflecting grid-stability mandates. Canada's CAD 80 per-tonne (USD 60) carbon price drives energy-metering retrofits, while Mexico's nearshoring boom in EVs and electronics creates fresh demand under USMCA provisions.

Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing region at an 11.74% CAGR. China's Made in China 2025 plan aims for 70% digitalization of large enterprises, fueling steep sensor uptake. India channeled USD 26 billion of Production-Linked Incentives into electronics and pharma manufacturing, lifting demand for process and vision sensors. Japan's strength in robotics, despite lagging data-sharing, sustains high-accuracy encoder orders, and South Korea's semiconductor fabs procure environmental sensors that maintain class 1 cleanrooms. ASEAN economies absorb turnkey sensor kits as labor costs rise and local skill shortages persist.

Europe follows closely, propelled by Germany's Industrie 4.0 investments and the EU's Energy Efficiency Directive, which predicates funding on metered energy baselines. Vendors such as Siemens, ABB, and Schneider leverage integrated portfolios to cross-sell sensors and control software, while niche players Sick AG and Pepperl+Fuchs dominate safety-critical and explosion-proof niches. Regulatory divergence post-Brexit raises compliance costs for U.K. exporters shipping into the EU. South America and the Middle East and Africa trail in adoption, though Brazil's mining and the Gulf's upstream oil and gas projects increasingly specify wireless vibration sensors to monitor remote assets where rewiring is impractical.

1. Siemens AG
2. Honeywell International Inc.
3. Texas Instruments Incorporated
4. Rockwell Automation Inc.
5. Bosch Sensortec GmbH
6. TE Connectivity Ltd.
7. ABB Ltd.
8. STMicroelectronics N.V.
9. Infineon Technologies AG
10. NXP Semiconductors N.V.
11. Omron Corporation
12. Sick AG
13. Emerson Electric Co.
14. Schneider Electric SE
15. Balluff GmbH
16. Pepperl+Fuchs SE
17. Keyence Corporation
18. IFM Electronic GmbH
19. Yokogawa Electric Corporation
20. Endress+Hauser AG
21. Analog Devices Inc.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

• 1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition
• 1.2 Scope of the Study

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4 MARKET LANDSCAPE

• 4.1 Market Overview
• 4.2 Market Drivers
  • 4.2.1 Industry 4.0 / IIoT adoption surge
  • 4.2.2 Predictive-maintenance and remote-monitoring demand
  • 4.2.3 Robot-centric smart-factory expansion
  • 4.2.4 Rising compliance with net-zero and energy-efficiency mandates
  • 4.2.5 Edge-AI sensor nodes cut cloud latency
  • 4.2.6 IO-Link retrofit wave in brown-field plants
• 4.3 Market Restraints
  • 4.3.1 High CAPEX and integration complexity
  • 4.3.2 Cyber-security vulnerabilities of networked sensors
  • 4.3.3 Global semiconductor-supply disruption risk
  • 4.3.4 Data-sovereignty rules limit cross-border analytics
• 4.4 Industry Value Chain Analysis
• 4.5 Regulatory Landscape
• 4.6 Technological Outlook
• 4.7 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
  • 4.7.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
  • 4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
  • 4.7.3 Threat of New Entrants
  • 4.7.4 Threat of Substitutes
  • 4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry
  • 4.7.6 Assessment of Macroeconomic Trends on Market

5 MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH FORECASTS (VALUE)

• 5.1 By Sensor Type
  • 5.1.1 Flow
  • 5.1.2 Pressure
  • 5.1.3 Proximity / Area
  • 5.1.4 Level
  • 5.1.5 Temperature
  • 5.1.6 Image / Vision
  • 5.1.7 Photo-electric
  • 5.1.8 Other Sensor Types
• 5.2 By End-user Industry
  • 5.2.1 Chemical and Petrochemicals
  • 5.2.2 Mining and Metals
  • 5.2.3 Power and Energy
  • 5.2.4 Food and Beverage
  • 5.2.5 Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals
  • 5.2.6 Aerospace and Defense
  • 5.2.7 Water and Waste-water
  • 5.2.8 Other End-user Industries
• 5.3 By Technology
  • 5.3.1 Wired / Analog
  • 5.3.2 Wired / Digital (Smart)
  • 5.3.3 Wireless
  • 5.3.4 Edge-AI / Virtual Sensors
• 5.4 By Communication Protocol
  • 5.4.1 Fieldbus (PROFIBUS, Modbus)
  • 5.4.2 Industrial Ethernet (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT)
  • 5.4.3 IO-Link
  • 5.4.4 Wireless ICPs (Wi-Sun, 6LoWPAN, BLE-Mesh)
• 5.5 By Geography
  • 5.5.1 North America
    • 5.5.1.1 United States
    • 5.5.1.2 Canada
    • 5.5.1.3 Mexico
  • 5.5.2 South America
    • 5.5.2.1 Brazil
    • 5.5.2.2 Argentina
    • 5.5.2.3 Rest of South America
  • 5.5.3 Europe
    • 5.5.3.1 Germany
    • 5.5.3.2 United Kingdom
    • 5.5.3.3 France
    • 5.5.3.4 Italy
    • 5.5.3.5 Spain
    • 5.5.3.6 Rest of Europe
  • 5.5.4 Asia-Pacific
    • 5.5.4.1 China
    • 5.5.4.2 Japan
    • 5.5.4.3 India
    • 5.5.4.4 South Korea
    • 5.5.4.5 ASEAN
    • 5.5.4.6 Rest of Asia-Pacific
  • 5.5.5 Middle East and Africa
    • 5.5.5.1 Middle East
      • 5.5.5.1.1 Saudi Arabia
      • 5.5.5.1.2 United Arab Emirates
      • 5.5.5.1.3 Rest of Middle East
    • 5.5.5.2 Africa
      • 5.5.5.2.1 South Africa
      • 5.5.5.2.2 Nigeria
      • 5.5.5.2.3 Rest of Africa

6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

• 6.1 Market Concentration
• 6.2 Strategic Moves
• 6.3 Market Share Analysis
• 6.4 Company Profiles (includes Global level Overview, Market level overview, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share for key companies, Products and Services, and Recent Developments)
  • 6.4.1 Siemens AG
  • 6.4.2 Honeywell International Inc.
  • 6.4.3 Texas Instruments Incorporated
  • 6.4.4 Rockwell Automation Inc.
  • 6.4.5 Bosch Sensortec GmbH
  • 6.4.6 TE Connectivity Ltd.
  • 6.4.7 ABB Ltd.
  • 6.4.8 STMicroelectronics N.V.
  • 6.4.9 Infineon Technologies AG
  • 6.4.10 NXP Semiconductors N.V.
  • 6.4.11 Omron Corporation
  • 6.4.12 Sick AG
  • 6.4.13 Emerson Electric Co.
  • 6.4.14 Schneider Electric SE
  • 6.4.15 Balluff GmbH
  • 6.4.16 Pepperl+Fuchs SE
  • 6.4.17 Keyence Corporation
  • 6.4.18 IFM Electronic GmbH
  • 6.4.19 Yokogawa Electric Corporation
  • 6.4.20 Endress+Hauser AG
  • 6.4.21 Analog Devices Inc.

7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

• 7.1 White-space and Unmet-need Assessment